JPS60189573A - Character convertor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To retrieve indirectly the desired KANJI (Chinese character) by inputting some part of KANJI or the pronunciation of KANJI relating to the desired one at the time of inputting characters which cannot be read by an operator, or has not Japanese reading. CONSTITUTION:The pronunciation which an operator associates is inputted through a keyboard 7. Thus a radical dictionary in a dictionary file 8 is retrieved, and a central processing unit 6 decides KANJI and displays a corresponding character code group on a CRT2. If there is no corresponding character code group, a similarity dictionary in the file 8 is retrieved, and the corresponding character group is displayed on the CRT2. An operator selects the desired character out of the characters displayed on the CRT2. When the corresponding character code cannot be obtained, a conversion failure message is sent to an operator.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a character conversion device that converts pronunciations input in katakana, hiragana, romaji, etc. into kanji, etc., and in particular, converts input pronunciations into not only phonetic kanji but also phonetic kanji. , which can also be converted into ideograms or symbols.

[Prior Art] This type of character conversion device, which is generally used in character processing devices such as word processors, has conventionally converted reading kana input in katakana, hiragana, romaji, etc. into phonetic kanji, etc. corresponding to the reading kana. . Therefore, for kanji or symbols without so-called readings, it is necessary to enter the desired kanji or symbol using the code obtained from a kanji symbol/code comparison table that has been prepared in advance. Ta.

In addition, even if a kanji has a Kiku reading, it is used in a proper noun such as a person's name or place name and belongs to the commonly used kanji, or when inputting a kanji whose reading the operator does not know. I had no choice but to perform the same complicated operations as described above.

In other words, in conventional character conversion devices such as kana-kanji conversion devices, except for phonetic kanji that correspond to pronunciations that can be input by key operation, ideographic kanji that express various meanings and so-called symbols without readings are converted into contrast codes. Examine the table;
The drawback was that you could not input the code until you knew the corresponding code.

[Purpose] The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional methods, and to provide a method that corresponds to pronunciations, etc., by using pronunciations, etc., which can be input by key operation, without the need for the trouble of checking a comparison code table. An object of the present invention is to provide a character conversion device that can indirectly search for ideographic kanji, symbols, etc. that have some relation to phonetic kanji.

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a character conversion device that includes means for inputting phonetic characters and conversion means for converting phonetic characters into ideographic characters. Configure to specify the product.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail by way of example with reference to the drawings.

First, the concept of indirect retrieval of displayed kanji/symbols without readings according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1(A), (B), and (C). In addition, the same figure (A) shows the kanji/symbol to be searched, the same figure (B) shows the pronunciation that is easily associated with the kanji/symbol, and the same figure (C) shows the kanji/symbol.
The J15-C-6228 code corresponding to the symbol is shown, and seven types of kanji/symbols are specifically illustrated.

The kanji ``catfish'' in example (1) originally has the pronunciation ``catfish,'' but it is not normally read as ``nenj.'' Therefore, even if you enter the pronunciation ``nen'', it cannot be searched. do not have. However, the kanji ``catfish'' in example (1) can be broken down into ``fish'' in ``hen'' and ``nen'' in ``tsukuri''. ”, it is possible to indirectly search by inputting the pronunciation.

In addition, examples (2), (3), (4), and (5) are all symbols with no pronunciation for either the sound or the kun, and the JIS names are "opening double angle bracket" and " These are the closing double angle bracket, the opening double angle bracket, and the closing double angle bracket. Therefore, both of these symbols are
You can search indirectly by entering the pronunciation of ``Nijuukakko.''

Furthermore, examples (6) and (7) are kanji with the pronunciations "sen" and "i", respectively, but these pronunciations are not stored in the normal comparison file, so the pronunciations are "sen" and "i". I can't search even if I enter "i". However, these kanji are easy to associate with the phonetic kanji ``dan'' and ``ki'', which are stored in the normal comparison file, so the readings and readings of those phonographic kanji ``dan'' and ``ki'' are difficult to understand. You can search indirectly by inputting the kana ``Dan'' and ``Ki''. That is, the reading kanji ``dan'' and ``ki'' are respectively searched, and then the ideographic kanji are searched indirectly by association from those phonographic kanji, and each JIG-1:1-6228=+
-G4. : Conversion t 6゜Next, the schematic structure of one embodiment of the present invention that performs kana-kanji conversion based on the above-mentioned concept will be explained in the second section.
As shown in the figure. In the illustrated configuration, l is a display storage device, and a part of its storage contents are displayed as described below. 2 controls the display via a display control unit on a cathode ray tube (CRT).
) is a display device performed on the top. 3 is a printer.

An output device such as a plotter that reproduces the content displayed on a cathode ray tube. Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage device such as a floppy disk, which stores software such as document information and programs created by the apparatus of the present invention. 5 is read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (R
AM), etc., which stores data such as character processing programs, operating systems, codes, etc. of the procedure shown in FIG. 5 used in the device of the present invention. ＋ Tamekyou Soyo Δl flea tunnel cutting [
It is a central processing unit, 7 is a keyboard for inputting information such as reading kana by key operation, and 8 is a central processing unit.
is a dictionary file that stores a comparison table, etc., which will be described later. Note that these components are interconnected by a system bus 9.

Next, among the above-mentioned schematic configuration of the device of the present invention, the contents of the dictionary file 8 are classified and shown in FIG. In the figure, numeral 11 is a single kanji dictionary, which is a comparison table of the pronunciations and codes of kanji at the position of one character, numeral 12 is a word dictionary that stores the correspondence between word pronunciations and codes, and grammatical information, and numeral 13 is a dictionary of single kanji characters. This is an associative dictionary that stores a comparison table of readings associated with kanji and kanji codes.

4A and 4B show detailed configuration examples of the associative dictionary 13 among the contents of the dictionary file shown in FIG. The same figure (A
21 is a radical dictionary, which associates radicals of kanji with general onkun readings, and pairs the reading with a pointer to a set of kanji having the radical. Further, 22-1 to 22-n are code tables, which represent a set of Kanji codes of Kanji having a certain radical. Furthermore, a similarity dictionary 23 is shown in FIG. This similar dictionary 2
3 is a table showing the similar readings of a certain kanji that are generally easy to read incorrectly, or the correspondence between the readings of similar kanji that are easily mistaken for that kanji and the kanji codes of those readings that are easily mistaken, and the general information of kanji. This table shows the correspondence between names and kanji codes.

A flowchart of the process of searching for kanji using such an associative dictionary is shown in FIG. The Kagaru search routine searches for a significant kanji by inputting the pronunciation of a similar kanji that has some relation to the kanji, regardless of the exact pronunciation of the kanji itself. be able to. That is, in the illustrated flowchart, in step Sl, the operator inputs the pronunciation associated with the operator from the keyboard. Next, in step s2, the radical dictionary 2I is searched using the input pronunciation.

The search results are determined in step s3, and if the desired pronunciation is found, the code table 22-1 corresponding to the radical is found in step s4, and the code in the code table 22-1 is determined in step S5. The character code group corresponding to the group is displayed on the CRT.
Display on 2. If the operator determines a character from among the character group in step S6 by using a cursor or key operation, the determined character is output in step S7 and the routine exits.

If the character desired by the operator is not found, step S
In step 8, the similar dictionary 23 is searched using the reading obtained in step s1, and the result is determined in step s9. If a desired reading is found, the corresponding code is held in step SIO. , returns to step S8 to proceed to the next search.

If there is no reading in step S9, check if the code is already held in step Sll,
If it is not held, it is assumed that the conversion was unsuccessful, and an error is determined in step S14, and the operator is notified of the failure of the conversion by a message. If the code is held in step Sll, the code group held on the CRT 2 is displayed, and if the character is determined according to the instructions from the screenwriter, the character is output in step S15, and the routine exits. If the character desired by the operator is not found, this routine exits without outputting anything.

In the above explanation, the desired kanji/symbol is indirectly searched for by inputting a certain reading kana, but by inputting multiple related reading kana, the indirect search for each reading kana is performed. By performing a logical product of the results of searching for kanji/symbols, you can narrow down the search range for desired kanji/symbols. In other words, for example, in the example mentioned above, the kanji ``catfish'' has two related pronunciations ``catfish''.
It is also possible to input the words ``Uo'' and ``Nen'' and combine the search results from both to narrow down the search range.

[Effects] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, when searching for a kanji by inputting a reading into a character conversion device such as a kana-kanji conversion device, a part or part of the reading can be searched. By inputting the pronunciation of the kanji associated with the part, or by inputting the pronunciation associated with the kanji, the special effect of indirectly searching for the desired kanji can be obtained.

In this way, even if the exact pronunciation, name, etc. of a desired kanji/symbol itself is unknown, the desired kanji/symbol can be easily searched for.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the concept of indirect kanji retrieval, which is the principle of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of a kana-kanji conversion device which is an embodiment of the present invention; 2. Diagrams showing the structure of a dictionary file used in the illustrated embodiment; FIGS. 4(A) and 4(B) are diagrams showing examples of detailed structure of the associative dictionary; It is a flowchart showing the process of indirect kanji search. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Display storage device, 2...Display device, 3...Output device, 4...Storage device (floppy disk), 5...Main storage device, 6...Central processing unit, 7... Keyboard device, 8... Dictionary file, 9... System path, 11... Single kanji dictionary, 12... Word dictionary, 13... Associative dictionary, 21... Radical dictionary , 22-1~n...Code table, 23...Similar dictionary. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Patent attorney Yoshi Tani - Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 22-1 2-n

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A character conversion device comprising means for inputting phonetic characters and converting means for converting the phonetic characters into ideographic characters, characterized in that the characteristic characters of the ideographic characters are determined using the phonetic characters. A character conversion device characterized in that it is configured to specify. (Hereafter, margin)